FREE LIVE WORKSHOP FOR ASPIRING FOUNDERS

Stop Just Building With AI. Build a Product That Can Actually Grow.

Learn how to turn your software idea into a real product using AI, from requirements and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and beyond.

Saturday, 10 October 2026 · 11.00 AM Sydney time · Live Online · Free

WHO THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR

Where are you in your product journey?

Whether you're starting with an idea or already have something working, this workshop will help you understand what comes next.

You have an idea. But don't know where to start.

You know what you want to build, but requirements, technology and the path from idea to product feel overwhelming.

You're building an MVP. But things are getting messy.

AI helps you build quickly, but adding features creates bugs, complexity and uncertainty about whether you're doing it right.

You've built something. Now you need to make it real.

You have a prototype or MVP. Now you're thinking about reliability, security, deployment, scaling and what comes next.

AI Changed How Fast We Can Build. It Didn't Eliminate Product Development.

AI can now help you turn an idea into working software incredibly fast. But requirements, architecture, security, testing, deployment and operations haven't disappeared. Building faster doesn't remove the need to build the right thing, the right way.

AI compresses the development lifecycle. It doesn't eliminate it.

WHAT WE'LL COVER

More Than Just Building an App With AI

1. THE AI OPPORTUNITY

What's actually changed

Understand how AI is changing software development and what it now makes possible for founders without large technical teams.

2. THE BUILDING TRAP

Why working software isn't the finish line

See where AI-built MVPs commonly get stuck—and why requirements, architecture and technical decisions still matter.

3. THE AI-ASSISTED LIFECYCLE

A practical path from idea to product

Learn how to move through discovery, requirements, design, build, test, deployment and operation with AI assisting throughout.

4. WATCH IT HAPPEN LIVE

See the process in action

Watch me take a real product idea and work through the approach so you can see how the pieces fit together.

THIS ISN'T JUST A PRESENTATION

Bring a Product Idea With You.

During the workshop, I'll demonstrate the process using a real software product idea. You'll also get a simple framework you can use to start thinking through your own idea.

Bring: a software idea

Leave with: a clearer development path

Experience: AI-assisted product development end-to-end

Manjula Liyanage

I've spent more than 15 years building and designing software systems — starting as a software engineer before moving into solution and enterprise architecture.

I've also been on the founder side. As co-founder and CTO of YellowZap, I helped build a technology startup from the ground up, experiencing firsthand the decisions, trade-offs and challenges that come with turning an idea into a real product.

Today, I work at the intersection of architecture, cloud and AI, exploring how AI can dramatically accelerate product development without losing the engineering thinking that makes software reliable, scalable and maintainable.

This workshop brings those two worlds together: the speed of AI-assisted development and the discipline of building real software products.

FREE LIVE WORKSHOP · 10 OCTOBER 2026

Your Idea Doesn't Need More AI-Generated Code.

It Needs a Path to Becoming a Product.

Join me live and learn a practical framework for turning software ideas into real products with AI.